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Helsinki Transit Agency Issues New Tender Request for Validators for Multimodal Open-Loop Payments Service

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on January 26, 2022 (July 22, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged HSL, Littlepay

The Helsinki regional transport agency, or HSL late last week released a tender request through procurement channels seeking bids for at least 4,500 validators for its planned multimodal contactless open-loop payments rollout. [...]

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Moscow Joint Venture Launches Test of Mobile POS, as It Seeks to Further Expand Reach of Closed-Loop Troika

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 12, 2022 (January 13, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Moscow Metro

A joint venture of the Moscow city government and state-owned Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, has launched a test of a mobile-POS app for bus drivers to use to accept fare payments from the closed-loop Troika card along with contactless bank cards and NFC...

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Open-Loop Technology May be ‘Interoperable,’ but Not for Transit Agencies; Trade Group Wants to Help Remedy That

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 5, 2022 (January 6, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Transport for London, UITP, Visa

One of the main selling points for open-loop payments is that it offers a form of interoperability that enables riders to use the same credit or debit card to pay their fares whether they ride in London, New York or Singapore. [...]

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Vietnam Bus Operator Launches Contactless Open-Loop Payments in Small Rollout; Backers Hope Other Transport Modes Will Follow

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on December 10, 2021 (December 13, 2021)Posted in Open Loop

A privately owned bus company serving Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, has launched contactless open-loop payments on board its new electronic buses, and reports say officials and bankers would like to see contactless EMV payments expanded to other modes of...

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Contactless Fare Payments Double for Moscow Metro, as Agency Focuses on New Payments Services

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on November 12, 2021 (November 14, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Moscow Metro

Moscow Metro said contactless fare payments have doubled this year, as the large transit agency continues to add acceptance points for a range of contactless bank card brands and NFC wallets. [...]

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Toronto Area Transit Agency Expands Contactless Pilot, but Canada’s Largest City Slow to Roll Out Open Loop

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on October 29, 2021 (October 29, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Metrolinx, Toronto

Canada’s largest city, Toronto, is continuing its move to open-loop payments, though is taking a slow approach–with transit authority Metrolinx not calling an end yet to a more than six-month pilot and then committing to pursuing a rollout in a “phased...

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Special Report: Interest Grows in ‘White-Label EMV’ for Closed-Loop Transit Cards

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 27, 2021 (October 3, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, MTA, Transport for London, Transport for NSW

As more transit agencies introduce open-loop fare payments, interest is starting to grow in use of white-label EMV cards that agencies can issue in place of proprietary closed-loop cards for riders who don’t have bank cards or don’t want to use them to...

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Major Bus Operators in Hong Kong Now Accepting Open-Loop Payments–Adding More Competition for Octopus

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on October 19, 2021 (October 20, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Hong Kong, Kowloon Motor Bus, Octopus

Two more bus operators in Hong Kong on Saturday launched acceptance of open-loop contactless fare payments, with both also accepting QR code-based mobile ticketing–as the near ubiquitous closed-loop Octopus card continues to see more competition. [...]

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Exclusive: NFC Wallets Grow as Share of Contactless Fare Payments and Not Only Because of Covid

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 13, 2021 (October 19, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transport for London, Transport for NSW

Transit agencies that have rolled out open-loop contactless payments are seeing growing use of NFC wallets to pay fares, as Covid-wary passengers see convenience in tapping their phones or wearables to pay. [...]

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Dallas Latest City in U.S. to Accept Open-Loop Fare Payments

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on September 22, 2021 (September 23, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged DART, OMNY, TriMet, Vix Technology

Dallas Area Rapid Transit, or DART, has become the latest transit agency in the U.S. to accept contactless open-loop payments, joining just four other U.S. agencies that support the technology, not counting small open-loop pilots happening in California....

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Helsinki Transit Agency Issues New Tender Request for Validators for Multimodal Open-Loop Payments Service

Moscow Joint Venture Launches Test of Mobile POS, as It Seeks to Further Expand Reach of Closed-Loop Troika

Open-Loop Technology May be ‘Interoperable,’ but Not for Transit Agencies; Trade Group Wants to Help Remedy That

Vietnam Bus Operator Launches Contactless Open-Loop Payments in Small Rollout; Backers Hope Other Transport Modes Will Follow

Contactless Fare Payments Double for Moscow Metro, as Agency Focuses on New Payments Services

Toronto Area Transit Agency Expands Contactless Pilot, but Canada’s Largest City Slow to Roll Out Open Loop

Special Report: Interest Grows in ‘White-Label EMV’ for Closed-Loop Transit Cards

Major Bus Operators in Hong Kong Now Accepting Open-Loop Payments–Adding More Competition for Octopus

Exclusive: NFC Wallets Grow as Share of Contactless Fare Payments and Not Only Because of Covid

Dallas Latest City in U.S. to Accept Open-Loop Fare Payments

Calls Unheeded? Transport for London Says Certain Merchant Fees Rising Despite Complaints

Auckland Launches Open-Loop Service as Planned, as It Awaits Implementation of National Rollout in New Zealand

Report: Conduent and State Transport Officials in Melbourne at ‘Loggerheads’ Over Contract, but State Denies Problems

Washington, D.C., Transit Agency Chooses Littlepay over Incumbent Cubic for Open-Loop Upgrade

Tip Sheet: Will Conduent Put Its Transit Fare-Collection Business on Sale Again?

Washington, D.C., Transit Agency Chooses Littlepay over Incumbent Cubic for Open-Loop Upgrade

U.S. Agency Releases First Details about Reasons for ‘Emergency Procurement’ to Replace Fare System; is It Enough?

Australia: Cubic Notches Contract in Tasmania by ‘Leveraging’ Its Larger Queensland Project in ‘Platform-as-a-Service’ Play

Tip Sheet: Washington, D.C., Short Lists Vendors for Open-Loop Payments Project

U.S. Agency CapMetro Calls ‘Emergency Procurement’ that Hired Cubic to Replace Incumbent Vendor Bytemark a ‘Pressing Urgency’